The LONGEST INHABITED CITY in the ancient MAYA world

The LONGEST INHABITED CITY in the ancient MAYA world | Exploring LAMANAI

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4 жыл бұрын

David Miano and Cassie Thompson cross the border into Belize to find the ruins of the ancient city of Lamanai, which is nestled in the forest next to the New River Lagoon. This ancient city sports many fabulous pyramids, including the Temple of the Jaguar, Temple of the Masks, and the High Temple, from which you can get a beautiful and breathtaking view of the jungle and the water. Learn about travel in Belize. Professor Miano also explains some of the basics of Mayan hieroglyphics.
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Recommended text: Coe & Houston, The Maya
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More travel information about the sites we visited can be found here:
Museum of Mayan Culture, Chetumal
sic.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=mus...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_d...
Lamanai
www.yorku.ca/anthro/Belize/wha...
www.lamanai.org.uk/
About the unique architecture of Lamanai:
www.lamanai.org.uk/uploads/3/4...
On the Mayan writing system:
mayaarchaeologist.co.uk/2016/...
www.jaguarstones.com/maya/gly...
On a possible way to avoid paying the Mexico departure fee:
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@funnyposts1811 10 ай бұрын

Good job David. I have seen 4 videos on Lamanai so far. You are the best video. Couple of things to keep in mind... Reduce the level if music in the video, do NOT shake camera while filming. Otherwise, excellent work.

@alexstewart9747 4 жыл бұрын

Great upload. Thanks guys.

@JonBrownSherman 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and seemed like a great trip! That architecture and stonework was amazing but that view from atop the high temple was an awesome sight!

@szpakmateusz8500 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks D. & C.;) there is an old custom of burying ancestors under the floor of a "house"... Many people think that some places were "necropolises", but the truth may be completely different ... Regards

@dumpling1987 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great educational video! I showed my students since we teach about the Mayan ruins here in Belize. Thanks for you authentic knowledge, keep research about the Mayan culture and their inhabitance here in our beautiful jewel Belize

@WorldofAntiquity 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@randylsu 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, Lamanai, home of the most mosquitoes I've ever seen. But it's a really cool site that you're likely to have to yourselves or maybe 1-2 other small groups. If you're driving the area, Shipstern Nature Reserve is "nearby" (by Belizean standards and is an amazing place to see wildlife & experience the various ecosystems of Belize.

@johngates3844 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very well presented. Thx.

@KarlBonenberger 4 жыл бұрын

Love your vids, knowledge, and the links you post. There are a few things I would like to know about these mesoamerican sites. One being the general scope of earthworks, that is evident. Did they remove or add a lot of earth for these sites. Second is where they quarried the stone from. Third is the evidence of any standard of measurement. At a single site or with many. Did they employ geometry and use scales of proportion. It just amazes me that a culture that survived as long as it has, with maintaining it's architectural projects, their art, their ballgame.. Literally the oldest sport in history and longest lasting. They had to have had an education system. Writing, math, geometry, medicine, astronomy, history. I wouldn't be surprised if the very sites and structures, we call temples, like their sole purpose was for worship. Wasn't more of a school system that was also the place they worshipped at on their special days. But their primary function was as learning centers. Like our own universities all have ballfields, right.. lol.. Archaeology is speculative in nature and the preoccupation of the stories of human sacrifice, blood letting, and ritualistic ceremonies is great and all. But I kind of feel like it takes away from putting their society in it's proper perspective. I look forward to your channel. It's a nice refreshing change from the channels pushing crazy theories to clikbait an audience.. Cheers!

@WorldofAntiquity 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the thoughts, Karl. I will try to incorporate some more information about Mayan building methods and practices in one of my upcoming videos.

@Armyjay 2 жыл бұрын

That’s fascinating; the ball court offering with Mercury inside ..! Wow! I’ve been to Belize & Guatemala three times and I’d never heard that before. Thanks for the info.

@WildAlchemicalSpirit 4 жыл бұрын

Another awesome video. Cassie seems like my kind of lady. My only suggestions would be that you give us more shots inbetween your descriptions and that you slow down some of the camera action so we can see things better. I also have a feeling that if you put videos out with no music in them, except maybe in the beginning/ending, more people would like it. Something I've noticed but you do whatever you want since it's your thing. I think your videos rock as is, personally. I just want to see you get more followers/likes.

@WorldofAntiquity 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. I get a lot of conflicting suggestions. Some people want music even in the silent parts!

@WildAlchemicalSpirit 4 жыл бұрын

@@WorldofAntiquity Some channels will even put out 2 playlists of the same vids. One w music, one without. You can't please everyone, though, so just do what you like. I'm happy either way.

@saildisk 4 жыл бұрын

I like that that music at 10:30, I played that one minute clip about five times

@TheTravelingClatt 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic channel! I hope we can collaborate one day!

@WorldofAntiquity 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I would love that!

@oscarcontigo87 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see a video made by you about the Mayan writing system. :)

@WorldofAntiquity 3 жыл бұрын

Noted!

@ArcAudios77 2 жыл бұрын

Food at 3:43 looked wonderful, great video. Thanks are sent for the Maya education in these parts. Regards

@tlowee 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thank you for documenting your visits.

@WorldofAntiquity 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@salinagrrrl69 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate Your travel videos in Mayaland. I wanted to visit there & all MesoAmerica. The only ancient structure I've scaled is a mound in Polk Co Mo. It's surrounded by a fence to thwart trail bikes & looters.

@BazNard 2 жыл бұрын

Crikey, some of that music was amazing

@TheGeekyHippie 4 жыл бұрын

I know one thing, I couldn't have handled the height at the top of that thing. Even just looking at my computer screen with that view made me feel a little anxious.

@TheGeekyHippie 4 жыл бұрын

I finally caught up and watched this video, and a thought occurred to me, leading me to ask: How far around the structures do the experts believe the ancient residents kept the forest cleared? How much did they allow nature to encroach, surely not as much as currently encroaches on these sites?

@WorldofAntiquity 4 жыл бұрын

That's a good question. I don't know if we have any way of telling!

@MrJonsonville5 4 жыл бұрын

It's a really good bet that the cities were not overgrown like they are now, that's for sure.

@scotthyde5946 11 ай бұрын

One thing to remember, all these structures were covered and painted. The stucco they used was made by cooking limestone to make quick lyme. That recipe was 8 tons of limestone plus 8 tons of green wood to produce 1 tone of Lyme (sp). They also used Lyme cement to cover their roads that were about 50 yds wide. Plus they used Lyme on their fields to keep ants away and balance the pH ! Bottom line is they burned a lot of their green forests to produce the Lyme they needed ? They did keep some productive trees for shade and fruit and perhaps meds ?? They could not use dead trees to produce Lyme as it burned too hot and not nearly long enough (about 9 hrs to produce Lyme) I suspect we would be shocked to see how far back they burned their forests, perhaps miles ?

@africanmate8036 4 жыл бұрын

Very pleasant and amazing.

@WorldofAntiquity 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Rednecknerd_rob9634 3 жыл бұрын

I can't Belize it you went to Belize. I'll goto my corner now and think about what I said lol. But seriously though, I'm enjoying your videos, especially these travel ones.